It’s been a long, long absence from QWing. It’s actually my longest absence since Quick Write Forum was launched in June 2011. Well, I make no excuses here. Instead, I’d like to share the truly unexpected compliment I got from my pronunciation teacher days ago. Oh, you don’t need it? You want to read something more educational, informative or inspiring? Then come back in three days! I’m just kidding.

“You know what? As your intonation and you accent improve, the way you deliver the article is sexier now as well… When I say ‘sexy’, it means that, you know, people from the opposite sex can be enticed to listen more. The passive listening becomes more active… It’s part of our, you know, I think, instinct. The opposite sex gets attracted not only with the way someone in the opposite sex looks, but also the way he or she sounds. There’s the psychology that on radio before there were more female listeners in our country. That’s why most of the disk jockeys were men because female listeners tend to listen more to male disk jockeys… So there,… Actually the first thing that I noticed about you the first time that I talked to you… The first time that I talked to you, that was my first impression; I thought ‘Goodness, this girl’s got the potential. She’s got this sexy voice that needs to be developed somehow.’

See? My pronunciation teacher is very skilled in learners’ “motivation” control too.